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Rh V.—cc. xli-xliii. Vices of Style destructive to Sublimity.


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 * (i.) Abuse of Rhythm
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 * (ii.) Broken and Jerky Clauses
 * (cc. xli, xlii).
 * (iii.) Undue Prolixity
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 * (iii.) Undue Prolixity
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VI.—Why this age is so barren of great authors—whether the cause is to be sought in a despotic form of government, or, as Longinus rather thinks, in the prevailing corruption of manners, and in the sordid and paltry views of life which almost universally prevail (c. xliv).